In late of 90's there was so many false information on internet, so I talked with Mark Arm and tried to find out the truth. Here is my notes:

The Original line up of Greenriver was you (Mark Arm), Steve Turner, Jeff Ament, Alex Vincent.and You named the band after the Green River serial killings, right !?!

“...and the Creedence Clearwater Revival album/song "Green River"

When you recorded the first demo tapewas “Swallow My Pride” includes itand did Stone Gossard plays on it too.

“Nope. we recorded a demo in '84 before Stone joined. "Swallow My Pride" wasn't written yet. We first recorded it for our debut album Come On Down and then re-recorded it for our final album Rehab Doll. I don't remember what month he (Gossard) joined. I know he had justjoined when we played our first show, but he did not know the songs well enough to play that show. This was in the summer, so my guess is that Stone joined and we recorded that demo in june or july of '84.”

Anyway, I read somewhere: The same month you recorded your debut album with Chris Hanzsek, ”Come On Down” for the New York label Homestead.

“We did not record that album the same month Stone joined. He had a hand in writing the songs on that album. We played and practiced a lot before recording it. We recorded the album in December of '84 and mixed it in feb of '85.”

And “Come On Down” was released in the summer 1985, right ?

“it didn't come out until after we had finished our first cross-country tour (7 shows, 3000 miles). I remember this well because the record was supposed to be done BEFORE the tour, but it didn't come out until after we were done.”

In the autumn of `85 you had two tracks, “10,000things” and “Your Own Best Friend” on the compilation “Deep Six” (C/Z 1985).

“maybe, I don't remember when that came out exactly.

And soon after the “Come On Down” was released Steve Turner quit the band and was replaced by Bruce Fairweather ?

”Steve quit before we went on tour (Bruce went on that tour with us) therefore he had quit well before the record came out.”

In June “86 you recorded Greenriver second EP “Dry As A Bone”, It was produced by Jack Endino at Reciprocal Recordings.

“I'm not sure what month it was recorded, but it was in '86. If you consider Come On Down a full length album (which I think it is), then Dry As A Bone is the first EP.”

and then In July 1987 Green River started working on 2nd full length album “Rehab Doll” with Jack Endino at Reciprocal.

“I don't think anything from that session ended up on the album.”

In August You changed locations to Steve Lawson Studios and Bruce Calder took over as producer. In January `88 the album was finished but by then the band had already split up.

“We broke up on Halloween (Oct 31, 1987). The mixing of the record was done without me or Alex.”

I read the reason was ethics, half the band wanted a major label deal and the other half wanted to stay on Sub Pop. ??

“The reason was music. Ethics had nothing to do with it. There was no major label deal on the horizon. Stone and Jeff had been playing with Landrew (from Malfunkshun) for a few monthsalready. They wanted to do a different sort of thing with him and Bruce went with them as well to form Mother Love Bone.”

In the summer of `87, after a gig at the Scream Club in Los Angeles You (Mark Arm) left the band and that was the end, at least for Green River.

“I didn't leave. Stone, Jeff and Bruce broke up the band (or you could say that they left). This was a relief for me because my musical interests weren't the same as theirs. Alex, on the other hand, was heartbroken.”

The Deluxe Editions of Rehab Doll and Dry As a Bone will be available Friday, January 25th worldwide via Sub Pop.﻿

Green River’s Rehab Doll, and Dry As a Bone. Both albums will be available as expanded and remastered deluxe editions from Sub Pop on CD/2xLP/DL worldwide January 25th, 2019. Jack Endino served as the executive producer for the project excavating & restoring tapes, mixing, remixing & mastering both packages.

LP preorders of each album through Sub Pop Mega Mart and select independent retailers will receive the limited Loser editions of Dry As a Bone on forest green vinyl and Rehab Doll on opaque lime green vinyl (while supplies last).

Record Store Day Black Friday 2018 The exclusive single is limited to 2,000 copies, will be pressed on red/green vinyl, and features front and back cover art from cartoonist Peter Bagge.

Green River’s sick & unholy rendition of the classic Christmas tune “Away in a Manger,” was originally released on the C/Z Records compilation entitled Another Pyrrhic Victory: The Only Compilation of Dead Seattle God Bands.U-Men’s slurring, lurching, belly crawling, pisstake on “Blue Christmas” was originally available on the Christmas ‘84 cassette compilation.

Repress (1989)Repress issued without an insert sheet. Red center labels with black and yellow writings.Jacket Made In CanadaPressing plant uncredited,identified by the matrix numbers. ﻿

COME ON DOWN CD1985 (not sure)Homestead, HMS031-2

Come on down

New god

Swallow my pride

Ride of your life

Corner of my eye

Tunnel of love

COME ON DOWN MC1995Homestead, HMS031-4

Come on down

New god

Swallow my pride

Ride of your life

Corner of my eye

Tunnel of love

TOGETHER WE'LL NEVER 7"November 1986 Tasque Force? ICP?

Together we'll never

Ain't nothing to do.

note:

Green vinyl. "Ain't nothing to do" originally by Dead Boys. "Together We'll Never" is a different (earlier) version to that found on Rehab Doll. "Ain't Nothing To Do" is a different mix to that found on Dry As A Bone/Rehab Doll Compilation.

Matrix:

(Side A): PET IS A VERB

(Side B): MARK IS A PET

DRY AS A BONE 12"July 1987 Sub Pop, SP 11

This town

P.C.C.

Ozzie

Unwind

Baby takes

. note:

First edition: 2000 copies with yellow lyrics insert inside. Second issue comes with pink insert. Later reissued with no inserts.Etched record: side A "I wanted to love life..." side B "... but she only wanted us to stay friends"."Ozzie" music originally written by Tales of Terror.

DRY AS A BONE CDJuly 1987 Sub Pop, SP 11bTupelo, TUPCD017

This townP.C.C.

Ozzie

Unwind

Baby takes.

REHAB DOLL LPJune 1988 Sub Pop, SP 15

Forever means

Rehab doll

Swallow my pride

Together we'll never

Smiling and dyin'

Porkfist

Take a dive

One more stitch.

note:

1000 copies on green vinyl; reissued on black

REHAB DOLL MCJune 1988Sub Pop, SP 15a

Forever means

Rehab doll

Swallow my pride

Together we'll never/

Smiling and dyin'

Porkfist

Take a dive

One more stitch

Queen bitch.

note:

"Queen bitch", originally by David Bowie, was the cassette edition's bonus track.

REHAB DOLL LPJune 1988Glitterhouse, GR0031

Forever means

Rehab doll

Swallow my pride

Together we'll never

Smiling and dyin'

Porkfist

Take a dive

One more stitch

Queen bitch

Note:

Includes "Queen bitch" (Glitterhouse often added or changed tracks and modified sleeve graphics to the Sub Pop records they printed for Europe

DRY AS A BONE/REHAB DOLL CD1990 Sub Pop, SP 11bSub Pop, SPCD 72/239

This town

P.C.C.

Ozzie

Unwind

Baby takes

Searchin'

Ain't nothing to do

Queen bitch

Forever means

Rehab doll

Swallow my pride

Together we'll never

Smiling and dyin'

Porkfist

Take a dive

One more stitch

note:

"Ozzie" music originally by Tales of Terror, "Searchin'" previously unreleased, "Ain't nothing to do" (previousely unreleased mix, different from the "Togethere we'll never" 7" B-side) originally by Dead Boys and "Queen bitch" by David Bowie

DRY AS A BONE/REHAB DOLL MC1990Sub Pop, SP 11a

This town

P.C.C.

Ozzie

Unwind

Baby takes

Searchin'

Ain't nothing to do

Queen bitch

Forever means

Rehab doll

Swallow my pride

Together we'll never

Smiling and dyin'

Porkfist

Take a dive

One more stitch

note:

"Ain't Nothing to Do" is an alternate mix, different from the original version released November 1985, as the flipside to the "Together We'll Never"